Travel

Of all the countries I’ve traveled in this world, it was Egypt that made me faint. It wasn’t the sheer wonder of the pyramids that caused the weakness in my knees; it was the extreme heat, the heavy air and a severe miscalculation on my part not to keep completely hydrated. Seven thousand years ago,

We are all pilgrims on the journey of life, and some of us choose to turn this metaphor into reality. These determined individuals embark on a difficult endeavor known as a pilgrimage, and one such journey is...

Without fail, every time we visit Barcelona, someone in my family manages to get swindled on the obligatory walk down the city’s exhilarating La Rambla. The famous promenade is charged and alive. Crowded from day until dusk,...

You don’t need to read Japanese to interpret the sign warning you not to push anyone onto the subway tracks. That’s one of the first things I noticed in Tokyo: the animated, action-packed street signs showing lanky...

It is amazing that the Athenians had so much insight into mankind’s fundamental values – even in the 5th century BC. They encouraged balance – building the Acropolis to include a place to perfect their bodies, which...

Saturday morning rolls around, and you’re looking for a new way to entertain the kids. It’s too cold to go outside, but you can’t be trapped in your home any longer. Before succumbing to a television marathon...

Freedom is a concept so taken for granted in the U.S. that it’s simply not possible to imagine life any other way. Freedom to speak, go to school, write, change jobs, get married, defend ourselves, move about...